Intact and Broken

by francis scudellari and nooshin azadi

All plain words by francis scudellari

All italic words by nooshin azadi

the whole panorama of the world was reflected flawlessly on my little marble as it traveled at will on the paths without ever being violated by a possessive hand all gains were painless the glass didn't know the stone my heart was not acquainted with love The seen-through pane whispers hardship's lessons with fine spider-web cracks. A hungry orb weaver reflecting on this -- spiraled glass, brokenness -- stitches it better. the first stepping stone stopped the marveling marble in the kaleidoscopic web of a fragmented reflection Untouched, it had felt indestructible held close, it sees the creep of crevices opening a myriad intact windows in a single broken window Each different facet perfectly depicting its wholly woven worlds

included in the book "meeting through the wall" , available from lulu